Primary Artist

George French Angas (1822–1886)

Title

Illawarra scenery: A tear for Israel [sheet music cover].

Date made

1853 – c.1855

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; subsequently? hand-coloured

Matrix size

27.2 x 22.7 cm (printed image)

Support

soft wove paper

Support size

43.2 x 31.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Subject description

Landscape of Illawarra coast and vegetation with figure of a woman crying. Image surrounded by words of the "Good Friday Prayer" from the Book of Common Prayer which asks for the conversion of all "Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics".

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42343

Accession number

86.637

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne, 1986

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated sheet-music cover

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Angas, George French. | (1822–1886) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | English | Male | artist

Allan, John. | (1822–1883) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013